Oceana

Oceana is the largest international organisation dedicated solely to the conservation and defence of the oceans. Oceana focuses its efforts on restoring marine richness and biodiversity around the world and on implementing science-based policies in countries that control one third of the world's fish catch. Oceana supports measures intended to prevent waste and encourage reuse.

The EU can play a key role in curbing ocean plastic pollution at source According to the most recent peer-reviewed scientific studies, an estimated 15 million tonnes of plastic are dumped into the world’s ocean every year.

The Nature Restauration Law (NRL) is the most relevant nature-related law in the last 30 years, and the only legally binding nature law expected under the current European Commission mandate. As a commitment from the Biodiversity Strategy 2030, it has the ambition of responding to the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation.

While Oceana welcomes the Commissions intention to strengthen & modernise maritime spatial planning (MSP),reinforce the sea-basin approach & improve ocean observation governance,we're concerned that the currently envisaged scope of the EU Ocean Act (OA) may not solely be sufficient to address systemic barriers that have undermined achievement & implementation of the EUs ocean commitments.Without binding delivery…

Oceana appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the European Commission's call for evidence on a legislative proposal on CO2 transportation infrastructure and markets. Oceana is significantly concerned that the EU is pushing strongly for carbon capture and storage (CCS) as part of its plan for achieving net zero emissions by 2050. CCS is extremely expensive, inefficient, and unproven at scale.

This text is a concise summary of Oceanas contribution. A more detailed version is provided in the attached document. Develop a Vision 2040 for Fisheries and Aquaculture is an opportunity to align current and future EU initiatives, such as the European Ocean Pact, the CFP evaluation, the energy transition roadmap and the future external fisheries strategy, into a coherent framework.

Oceana is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to protecting the ocean. One of our areas of work is focused on the recovery of fisheries and on tackling Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing through increasing fisheries transparency.

The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) remains the cornerstone of EU marine environmental policy. It provides a comprehensive framework for protecting Europes seas through an ecosystem-based approach to managing human activities and requires Member States to develop and implement marine strategies to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES).

Oceana welcomes amendments to the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) Regulation to ensure full implementation into EU law of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Furthermore, Oceana supports streamlined implementation of the EMFAF Regulation where this improves access to funding, accelerates the transition towards sustainable fisheries and contributes reducing the impacts of fishing…

Oceana welcomes the separate collection targets laid out in Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2019/904 that apply to beverage bottles with a capacity of up to three litres, including their caps and lids. These targets establish that by 2025, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the separate collection of an amount of waste single-use plastic bottles equal to 77 % of such single-use plastic products…

The text below provides a summary of Oceanas contribution. Please consult the attached document for our full and detailed response. Oceana welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commissions consultation on the state of play and orientations for sustainable fishing in 2027.

Please find our full contribution in the file attached. Abstract: Feedback on behalf of BirdWatch Ireland, ClientEarth, Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Ecologistas en Acción - Spain, The Fisheries Secretariat, Fundació ENT, De Nederlandse Elasmobranchen Vereniging, Stichting De Noordzee, Oceana, Our Fish, Sciaena, Seas At Risk, and WWF.

On behalf of BirdLife International, Blue Marine Foundation, ClientEarth, Dutch Elasmobranch Society, Ecologistas en Acción, Fair Seas Ireland, Oceana, Sciaena, Seas At Risk, The Fisheries Secretariat, and WWF, please find in the attachment our response to the 2023 European Commission's public consultation on the progress towards achieving more sustainable fisheries, the state of fish stocks and the setting of…

For Oceana, it is crucial to require sustainability criteria for the Autonomous Tariff Quota scheme to align tariff-free access with the environmental and social sustainability goals of the Common Fisheries Policy, in particular its goal (and that of the Common Market Organisation Regulation) to supply the EU market with sustainable seafood.